Sekirov Dictionary

do-nothing

adjective 1
noun 1
do nothing verb 1
forms 5

adjective[before a noun]1

•
Doing nothing, not taking any action.
- It became clear that a chronic do-nothing approach to the problem's management would no longer suffice.

noun1

A lazy person.

do nothing verb1

•
To not take any action; to fail to do or accomplish something.
- "That colour does nothing for you" "Argh! And you do nothing but complain bout everything!"
- The new zero tolerance rules did nothing to make the school safer and improve its atmosphere; in fact, these rules may have made the school less safe and less desirable instead.

forms

did nothing · done nothing · doing nothing · does nothing · do-nothings

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